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		<title>JPEPA Economic Invasion: Who Among The Senators Will Be The Collaborators And Patriots?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:13:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[No Deal!, a coalition of organizations and individuals opposing the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA), said that the treaty symbolizes the “second invasion” of the country by Japan, and that senators may choose to be patriots or collaborators in this invasion when they vote on the controversial agreement.
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		<title>Japanese Oil Exploration Firm’s Fish Ban in Tañon Strait, a Preview of JPEPA</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2007 11:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A militant group opposed to the controversial Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) said that even as the Philippine Senate has yet to ratify the economic pact, Japanese business groups are acting like they are the owners of country’s natural resources.
BY GERRY ALBERT CORPUZ
Bulatlat
Vol. VII, No. 41, November 18-24, 2007
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		<title>Supplemental agreement will not lessen JPEPA&#8217;s inherent</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:20:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a last-ditch attempt to save the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA), government negotiators are in talks with the Japanese ambassador on a supplemental agreement to address its unconstitutional provisions. 
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		<title>New anti-JPEPA group slams effects on agriculture</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2007 04:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Members of No Deal! JPEPA, Movement Against Unequal Economic Agreements, slammed the effects on agriculture of the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA). 
In its petition posted at www.petitiononline/NoDeal/petition.hml, the No Deal! JPEPA states, “Farmers and agricultural workers stand to suffer even more from contract-growing arrangements with transnational agri-business corporations. Land use conversion will also affect [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bicoltoday.wordpress.com&blog=1253043&post=67&subd=bicoltoday&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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